Tips to Eat Right and Stay Healthy During Ramadan

Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk in the holy month of Ramadan. It is important to get proper nourishment between Iftar and suhoor in order to be prepared for the next day of fasting. Fasting requires a lot of energy and commitment on part of each individual, especially when Ramadan is in the hot summers in most parts of the world. To not fall sick due to dehydration and the demands of this month, there are certain tips that one should definitely keep in mind while staying healthy during Ramadan.

  1. Do not skip Suhoor: One should never skip Suhoor. Eating Suhoor in not only a Sunnah, but it is also the most crucial meal of the day. Suhoor provides you with the energy to keep you going throughout the day while fasting. Suhoor is the pre-dawn meal which helps your body stay hydrated and fueled up on energy and nutrients until iftar. It also helps to avoid overeating when you break your fast at sunset in iftar.

  2. Keep yourself hydrated in Ramadan: This Ramadan comes at the peak of summers, so drink as much water as you can but not to fill yourself entirely with water so that you cannot attain and store energy as well. Make sure that you drink enough water once you break your fast in order not to remain thirsty after all. Try to keep yourself hydrated by water mainly, sugary drinks and juices can be your next best alternative but should not be your first priority.

  3. Break your fast with dates: Dates are eaten at the start of iftar meal. Because they are a nutritious burst of natural sugar, they fuel your body with much-needed energy. So, we should begin our iftar with dates.

  4. Avoid sugary food: Sugar results in highs and lows that leave you with more cravings and thus messes up your metabolism. Sugar gives you empty calories without nutritional benefits and results over-eating in Ramadan. it is recommended to eat the sweet food after 2-3 hours to regulate the sugar level as the body breaks the sugar faster making you hungry sooner.

  5. Divide your Meal: Take care of yourself as you eat to live rather live to eat that is why dividing your meal into proper portions and timings helps in health stability during Ramadan. Eat mix food including fruits, veggies and a bit of meat to be in a balanced diet.

  6. Avoid deep frying: When cooking, make your favourite Ramadan recipes healthier by stewing, baking, roasting, steaming or grilling and avoid frying.

  7. Exercise: Never forget exercise during Ramadan. Add exercise to your daily meal is beneficial for your health as it leads to the easy consumption of food avoiding storage of fats. Exercise leads to a healthy weight and a healthy lifestyle.  Best is to exercise a couple of hours after having Iftar as it will not only help to digest food but also keeps your metabolism working.

Steam Explosions

Steam Explosions

Superheated water can explode.

When molten lava meets sea water it creates steam explosions.

Steam explosions are often encountered where hot lava meets sea water. Such an occurrence is also called a littoral explosion. A dangerous steam explosion can also be created when liquid water encounters hot, molten metal. As the water explodes into steam, it splashes the burning hot liquid metal along with it, causing an extreme risk of severe burns to anyone located nearby and creating a fire hazard.
Wikipedia, Steam Explosions, 2018

Earlier today, a basketball-sized chunk of molten rock slammed into a tour boat off the coast of Hawaii, injuring 23 people and sending at least four to the hospital. The incident happened near the Kilauea volcano, which has been erupting since early May. As USA Today reports, the Lava Ocean Tours boat was hit by falling lava caused by alittoral explosion near the Kapoho volcanic ocean entry, where molten rock from the Kilauea volcano is pouring into the sea.
Gizmodo, Nearly Two Dozen People Injured After Lava Bomb Hits Hawaii Tour Boat, 2018

But 1400 years ago explosion of sea water was portrayed in the Quran.

[Quran 82.3] If the seas were exploded.

Today we know where hot lava meets the sea water it makes steam explosions.

The Splitting of the Moon

When the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam) started inviting the whole of humanity towards Islam and started granting them the belief in the unity of Allah Ta’ala and His own Prophethood, the Makkans wanted to stop His Da’wah activities. Thus, Abu Jahl called one of his friends Habeeb Yemeni to Makkah to stop the people of Makkah from embracing Islam. When Habeeb Yemeni reached Makkah, Abu Jahl started complaining about the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam). On listening to all of this, Habeeb Yemeni said that first he will meet Him.

He sent a messenger to the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam) that Habeeb Yemeni along with the elite of Makkah wants to meet at such and such a place. The Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam) went there. It was a full moon night.

Habeeb Yemeni asked the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam):

What do you invite people to?

The Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam):
That Allah is One and only and that I am the Prophet of Allah Ta’ala.

Habeeb Yemeni:
If you are Prophet, then what is your miracle as a sign of Prophethood?

The Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam):
I am ready to show you whatever miracle you desire.

Habeeb Yemeni:
I want to see 2 miracles. One, that you split the moon and the second that you yourself tell me what I want.

The Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam) along with all the chiefs of Quraysh, went to the mountain of Safa. He (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam) gestured at the moon with His blessed finger and immediately the moon split into 2 and everybody saw it with their own eyes. Then again the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam) gestured and the 2 parts of the moon rejoined.

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After this, the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaahi wa Aalihi wasallam), for whom Allah Ta’ala has made plain what lies in the hearts, told Habeeb Yemeni:

O Habeeb Yemeni! You have a daughter, who is blind, deaf and lame. You desire that she get cured. Go! Your daughter is cured.

He only had to listen to this, that Habeeb Yemeni recited the Kalimah Shahadah and entered the fold of Islam.

When he went to his house, he saw that the girl who was handicapped earlier is herself opening the door. He asked her: Daughter! What happened? She said: Father! I saw a dream that a very beautiful and radiant person came to me, made me a Muslim by reciting the Kalimah Shahadah and passed His hand over my body and I was cured that very moment.

[‘Aseedat ash-Shahadah Sharh Qasidat al-Burdah, Imam Umar bin Ahmad Kharbooti, Page 122]

 Allah, send Your blessings upon our Master Muhammad in such a measure that earns Your pleasure, and send Your blessings upon our Master Muhammad exceeding that measure which has earned Your pleasure, and send Your blessings upon on our Master Muhammad forever and ever.

THE WAY OF AHLUL BAYT-STRAIGHT PATH

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VIRTUES OF ABU DHARR (R.A) AND THE RIGHT PATH ACCORDING TO HIS UNDERSTANDING: (Understanding of Salafu Saalih)
WHERE IS THE ROPE OF ALLAH?
BismillahiRahmaniRaheem
Allahumma Swalli Alaa Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Ala Aali Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Sallim
Surah 3. Al-i’Imran, Ayah 103

وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ۚ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

WaiAAtasimoo bihabli Allahi jameeAAan wala tafarraqoo waothkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ith kuntum aAAdaan faallafa bayna quloobikum faasbahtum biniAAmatihi ikhwanan wakuntum AAala shafa hufratin mina alnnari faanqathakum minha kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakum ayatihi laAAallakum tahtadoona

And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah, and do not separate. And remember Allah’s favor unto you: how ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts so that ye became as brothers by His grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire, and He did save you from it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations unto you, that haply ye may be guided;

THE ROPE OF ALLAH IS WITH THE AHL AL BAYTH:

Hadith jami at-Tirmidi ,Darussalam Publications (Wahhabi publications) 
Hadith Number 3788: The Messenger of Allah (alaihiswalathu wa salam) said: “Indeed, I am leaving among you, that which if you hold fast to them, you shall not be misguided after me, one of them is greater than the other:The Book of Allah is a rope extended from the sky to the earth, and my family -the people of my house-and they shall not split until they meet me at Hawd, so look at how you deal with them after me” (Sahih)

THOSE WHO FELL FROM THE INHERITORS OF THE ROPE OF ALLAH (AHLUL BAYTH) FELL INTO THE FIRE:
Tabarani narrates from Abu Dhar, who said: I heard the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa ala Aalihi wa Sahbihi wa Baaraka wa Sallam say:

مثل أهل بيتي فيكم كمثل سفينة نوح في قوم نوح من ركبها نجا ومن تخلف عنها هلك ومثل باب حطة في بني اسرائيل
The example of my Ahl al-Bait within you is the example of the Ark of Nuh within the nation of Nuh; whoever boarded it was saved and whoever stayed behind was destroyed. It is also the example of the ‘Hitha’ of the Bani Isra’eel.’ [Tabarani in Al-Awsat, Vol. 4, Page 283, Hadith 3506 | Mustadrak al-Hakim, Vol. 2, Page 427, Hadith 3312]

Hadith al-Safinah/Safinah Tradition:
Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Up On Him) has compared his Ahlul Bayt (Ahl al-Bayt) to Noah’s ark. Whoever loves and follows them will attain salvation and whoever violates their sanctity will drown. While holding the door of Holy Kaaba, Abu Dharr told that he had heard Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Up On Him) say, “My family among you is like Noah’s ark. He who sails in it will be safe, but he who holds back from it will perish.”

Virtues of Abu Dharr (R.A): 
Abudullah Bin Amr (R.A) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There is no one more truthful , that the sky has shared and the earth has carried , than Abu Dharr” (Hasan) Jami Tirmidhi 3801

Abu Dharr walks upon the earth with the asceticism of Eisa bn Maryam (alaihissalam) # Jami Tirmidhi 3802

SAYING ‘ALAIHISSALAM’ FOR THE IMAMS OF AHLUL BAYTH :
Understanding of the salaf:

Sahaba narrated Hadith on Imam Al Hasan and Imam Al Husain (Peace be upon them) and used, “alaihimassalam” in reverence for the grand children of the Prophet Muhammad alaihiswalathu wa Salam. 
See Jami At-Tirmidhi, chapter ‘al Manaaqib’

Aqidha of Jahil Sunna wal bidha, using ‘alaihissalam’ is only allowed for the Prophets.

AL ABBAS BIN ABDUL MUTTALIB (ALAIHISSALAM) :
Ahlul Bayth :

Prophet Muhammad alaihiswalathu wa Salam says :
“Al Abbas is from me and I am from him”

“By Allah, faith will not enter in the heart of a Muslim until he love you for my relationship”

“Faith has seventy odd branches”

Loving Ahlul Bayth is a part of pure Faith and following Ahlul Bayth is a necessity for right guidance.

Reference: Jami At-Tirmidhi

THE AHLUL BAYTH AND ANSAAR :
Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem 
Allahumma Swalli Alaa Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Alaa Aali Sayyidina Muhammadin Wa Sallim

Zaid bin Arqam narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah Be upon him) said to Ali, Farimah, Al-Hasan and Al-Husain (Peace be upon them) : “I am at war with whoever makes war with you, and peace for whoever whoever makes Peace with you”.

~ Jami At-Tirmidhi 3870

Some Jahil Saudi muftis say, Rahmahullah for Yazid. Some other Jahils say, the Hadith is weak.

But there are Ahadith in support of this Hadith.

For example: Prophet Muhammad alaihiswalathu wa Salam says about Imam Ali (Alaihissalam):

“Ali is from me and I am from Ali’. (Grade: Hasan) Jami At-Tirmidhi 3719

“For whomever I am his ‘Mawla’ then Ali is his ‘Mawla’ (Sahih) Jami At-Tirmidhi 3713

“Ali, you are to me in a position that Harun was to Musa [except that there is no prophet after me] Jami At-Tirmidhi (Sahih), Sahih Muslim, Ahmad, Tabrani.

“None loves you except a believer and none hates you except a hypocrite”. (Sahih) Jami At-Tirmidhi 3717 (2)

The Chapter in Quran on “Hypocrites” (Sura Al Munafiqun) clarifies rest of the matter.

“Al-Hasan and Al-Husain are the chiefs of the youths of paradise”. (Sahih) ~ Jami At-Tirmidhi 3768

CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH TO LOVE AHLUL BAYTH :

The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah Be upon them) saw Al-Hasan and Al-Husain, so he said: “O Allah, I love them, so love them”. (Sahih) Jami At-Tirmidhi 3782

The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah Be upon him) said: “Love Allah for what He nourishes you with of His Blessings, love me due to the love of Allah, and love the people of my house due to love of me (Hasan) Jami At-Tirmidhi 3789

“Indeed Farimah is but a part of me, I am harmed by what harms her and I am uncomfortable by what makes her uncomfortable”. (Sahih) Jami At-Tirmidhi 3869

THE FRIENDS OF GOD:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily Allah ta’ala has said: ‘Whosoever shows enmity to a wali (friend) of Mine, then I have declared war against him. And My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved to Me than the religious duties I have obligated upon him. And My servant continues to draw near to me with nafil (supererogatory) deeds until I Love him. When I Love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him; and were he to seek refuge with Me, I would surely grant him refuge.’ ” [Al-Bukhari]

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَة رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُول اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم إنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ: “مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقْد آذَنْتهُ بِالْحَرْبِ، وَمَا تَقَرَّبَ إلَيَّ عَبْدِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إلَيَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا يَزَالُ عَبْدِي يَتَقَرَّبُ إلَيَّ بِالنَّوَافِلِ حَتَّى أُحِبَّهُ، فَإِذَا أَحْبَبْتُهُ كُنْت سَمْعَهُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ بِهِ، وَبَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ، وَيَدَهُ الَّتِي يَبْطِشُ بِهَا، وَرِجْلَهُ الَّتِي يَمْشِي بِهَا، وَلَئِنْ سَأَلَنِي لَأُعْطِيَنَّهُ، وَلَئِنْ اسْتَعَاذَنِي لَأُعِيذَنَّهُ”. 
[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ].
Reference : 40 Hadith Nawawi 38
English translation : Hadith 38

This is enough to understand the teachings of Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah Be upon him) regarding Ahlul Bayth and pious companions and hatred and malice against them bring a Retribution from Allah the Mighty and Sublime.

And one who disobey or disregard the teachings of Nabi Muhammad alaihiswalathu wa Salam cannot attain faith (Iman)

See Quran 4:65 But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad SAW) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.

And Quran 4:80 Whoever obeys the messenger is obeying GOD. As for those who turn away, we did not send you as their guardian.

“It is not fit for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and Messenger has indeed strayed in a plain manner.” (33:36)

“Let those beware who oppose the Messenger’s order! In case some fitnah(trial) should befall them or a painful torment be inflicted upon them.” (24:63)

“And be not as those who divided and differed among themselves after the clear proofs had come to them.” (3:105)

“Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, your kindred, the wealth you have gained, the commerce in which you fear decline, or the dwellings in which you delight — are dearer to you than Allah or His Messenger and striving in His cause — then wait until Allah brings about His decision. And Allah guides not the rebellious.” (9:24)

THE ROPE OF ALLAH IS WITH THE AHL AL BAYTH:

Hadith jami at-Tirmidi ,Darussalam Publications (Wahhabi publications) 
Hadith Number 3788: The Messenger of Allah (alaihiswalathu wa salam) said: “Indeed, I am leaving among you, that which if you hold fast to them, you shall not be misguided after me, one of them is greater than the other:The Book of Allah is a rope extended from the sky to the earth, and my family -the people of my house-and they shall not split until they meet me at Hawd, so look at how you deal with them after me” (Sahih)

So we can see that, one has to be guided, he must follow the book of Allah and pious members of Ahlul Bayth (Imams and shaykhs from Ahlul Bayt and largest creed of Islam as the whole context of the principles of following religion) 
,so if you not follow as the Messenger of Allah Nabi Muhammad alaihiswalathu wa Salam instructed, then you shall certainly become misguided and strayed!

TO FORGIVE AND OVERLOOK THE MISTAKES OF ANSAR AND AHLUL BAYTH :

Prophet Muhammad alaihiswalathu wa Salam says: “Indeed my elite, those whom I lean towards, are the people of my house and my close ones are the Ansar, so forgive those who do wrong from them and accept from those who do good from them.” Jami At-Tirmidhi 3904

So take wisdom and follow correct path.

Wa salamun alal Mursaleen walhamdulillahi Rabbil aalameen